Nijerya Enugu Eyaleti Kadın Bal Piyasacılarının Ekonomik Performansı
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Honey marketing is an important off-farm economic activity for women's livelihood and sustena... more Honey marketing is an important off-farm economic activity for women's livelihood and sustenance. Despite this, there is scant information in the literature about the economic performance of women honey marketers. Therefore, this study investigates the economic performance of women marketers, its drivers, and its challenges. Data collected from 120 women honey marketers were analyzed using descriptive statistics, gross profit, net profit, benefit-cost ratio, return on capital invested, operating ratio, marketing margin, and multiple regression. We found that honey marketing was a profitable venture, as indicated by the high gross profit (USD 262.08), net income (USD 257.03), marketing margin (56%), benefit-cost ratio (1.72), and return on capital invested (0.72) per 58.14 liters sold. Honey marketing also had a low operating ratio of 0.57. Thus, women honey marketers performed economically well. The significant factors that enhanced the profitability of honey marketing were educ...
There is virtually no information on the effects of artisanal sand mining on peri-urban agricultu... more There is virtually no information on the effects of artisanal sand mining on peri-urban agriculture in Nigeria in general and Osun State in particular. This study assessed the effects of sand mining on peri-urban agriculture in Ife East and Ife Central Local Government Areas of Osun State during 2015-2019. In effect, the study sought to identify and explain the rate and extent of changes in land uses in the study area, evaluate the level of encroachment of sand mining activities into other land use classifications, and examine socioeconomic factors that determined parting of land for sand mining by landowners in the study area between 2015 and 2019. Data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect primary data from 60 landowners, 30 cultivators and 30 residents giving a total of 120 respondents using structured questionnaire. Mean ages of landowners, farmers and residents were 67.9 years, 39.6 years and 47.3 years respec...
This study analyzed the profit efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria.... more This study analyzed the profit efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria. The study employed multi-stage random sampling technique in selecting 240 cassava farm households who are registered in the Enugu State Fadama III project during 2019 farming season. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and interview schedule. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier profit function model. The results showed that majority (73.3%) of the household heads were male, with a mean age of 52 years. Most (78.5%) were married, with a mean farm size of 0.3125 ha. The years of formal schooling was 9years, personal savings was the major (83.1%) source of capital. The results further showed that profit efficiency ranged between 34.19 % and 99.98%, while mean efficiency was 73% which suggested that about 27% loss in profit was due to a combination of technical and allocative inefficiencies. Also, educational level and years of farming experience were the major significant factors which influence profit efficiency positively. There is scope for increasing profit efficiency in cassava production in the study area. Policy focus on cassava should be directed toward the identified efficiency factors.
Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 2019
Aim: The study estimated the technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices and further ex... more Aim: The study estimated the technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices and further examined the factors influencing technical efficiency for the sampled Grasscutter farms in Osun State. Study Design: The study made use of only primary data obtained from sampled Grasscutter farmers in the three agricultural zones of the State. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Osun State, Nigeria during 2017/2018 farming season. Methodology: Twenty four respondents, each, were randomly selected from the list of Grasscutter farmers obtained from Osun State Agricultural Development Project (ADP). Data collected was analyzed using the stochastic frontier model and Tobit regression model. The overall technical efficiency was estimated with no effort of decomposing it into pure and scale efficiencies. Results: The results showed that the range of efficiency indices varies greatly with minimum of 0.742, 0.263 and 0.168 and maximum of 1.0 for technical, allocative and eco...
Neglected and underutilized crops can play a vital role in achieving food security as humans conc... more Neglected and underutilized crops can play a vital role in achieving food security as humans concentrate on consuming a few food crops which have increased in price over time. Understanding the profitability of these crops can enhance farmers’ decisions to grow them. Therefore, this study investigated cocoyam production profitability, factors responsible for its profitability, and the constraints faced in cocoyam production in Cross River State, Nigeria. Data collected primarily with the use of questionnaires were analysed with descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis, multiple regression and the Likert rating scale. The results revealed that the majority of cocoyam farmers were male, married, in their economically active age and operated on a small scale. Cocoyam production was a profitable venture as the farmers had a gross margin of N175, 822.45 (USD 428.04) per hectare of cultivated land with an operating ratio of 0.24 and a return on capital invested of 3.17. The factor...
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist's households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist's households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastoralist groups on the many benefits of their symbiotic relationship, hiring of matured herders for proper keep of animals and empowerment of local institutions to handle land matters in local areas.
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist’s households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist’s households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastor...
Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in dev... more Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in developing countries. Marketing of agricultural products which provide income to most farmers and marketers in Nigeria has been characterised with a lot of deficiencies which have constrained sustainable development and economic growth. This study, therefore, analysed carrot and cucumber marketing including constraints to their effective marketing in Enugu State, Nigeria. Data collected, primarily, were analysed using descriptive statistics, marketing margin and Likert type rating technique. The result shows that vegetable marketing was dominated by females (65%) who were still in their economically active age and did not belong to a cooperative society. Half of them perform a retail marketing function, 30% perform both retail and wholesale functions while 20% perform wholesale function. Vegetable marketing contributed to marketers’ income by providing N25,667.7 (USD 66.93) per month on ave...
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist’s households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist’s households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastor...
Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in dev... more Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in developing countries. Marketing of agricultural products which provide income to most farmers and marketers in Nigeria has been characterised with a lot of deficiencies which have constrained sustainable development and economic growth. This study, therefore, analysed carrot and cucumber marketing including constraints to their effective marketing in Enugu State, Nigeria. Data collected, primarily, were analysed using descriptive statistics, marketing margin and Likert type rating technique. The result shows that vegetable marketing was dominated by females (65%) who were still in their economically active age and did not belong to a cooperative society. Half of them perform a retail marketing function, 30% perform both retail and wholesale functions while 20% perform wholesale function. Vegetable marketing contributed to marketers’ income by providing N25,667.7 (USD 66.93) per month on ave...
Nijerya Enugu Eyaleti Kadın Bal Piyasacılarının Ekonomik Performansı
Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi
Honey marketing is an important off-farm economic activity for women's livelihood and sustena... more Honey marketing is an important off-farm economic activity for women's livelihood and sustenance. Despite this, there is scant information in the literature about the economic performance of women honey marketers. Therefore, this study investigates the economic performance of women marketers, its drivers, and its challenges. Data collected from 120 women honey marketers were analyzed using descriptive statistics, gross profit, net profit, benefit-cost ratio, return on capital invested, operating ratio, marketing margin, and multiple regression. We found that honey marketing was a profitable venture, as indicated by the high gross profit (USD 262.08), net income (USD 257.03), marketing margin (56%), benefit-cost ratio (1.72), and return on capital invested (0.72) per 58.14 liters sold. Honey marketing also had a low operating ratio of 0.57. Thus, women honey marketers performed economically well. The significant factors that enhanced the profitability of honey marketing were educ...
There is virtually no information on the effects of artisanal sand mining on peri-urban agricultu... more There is virtually no information on the effects of artisanal sand mining on peri-urban agriculture in Nigeria in general and Osun State in particular. This study assessed the effects of sand mining on peri-urban agriculture in Ife East and Ife Central Local Government Areas of Osun State during 2015-2019. In effect, the study sought to identify and explain the rate and extent of changes in land uses in the study area, evaluate the level of encroachment of sand mining activities into other land use classifications, and examine socioeconomic factors that determined parting of land for sand mining by landowners in the study area between 2015 and 2019. Data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect primary data from 60 landowners, 30 cultivators and 30 residents giving a total of 120 respondents using structured questionnaire. Mean ages of landowners, farmers and residents were 67.9 years, 39.6 years and 47.3 years respec...
This study analyzed the profit efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria.... more This study analyzed the profit efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria. The study employed multi-stage random sampling technique in selecting 240 cassava farm households who are registered in the Enugu State Fadama III project during 2019 farming season. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and interview schedule. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier profit function model. The results showed that majority (73.3%) of the household heads were male, with a mean age of 52 years. Most (78.5%) were married, with a mean farm size of 0.3125 ha. The years of formal schooling was 9years, personal savings was the major (83.1%) source of capital. The results further showed that profit efficiency ranged between 34.19 % and 99.98%, while mean efficiency was 73% which suggested that about 27% loss in profit was due to a combination of technical and allocative inefficiencies. Also, educational level and years of farming experience were the major significant factors which influence profit efficiency positively. There is scope for increasing profit efficiency in cassava production in the study area. Policy focus on cassava should be directed toward the identified efficiency factors.
Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 2019
Aim: The study estimated the technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices and further ex... more Aim: The study estimated the technical, allocative and economic efficiency indices and further examined the factors influencing technical efficiency for the sampled Grasscutter farms in Osun State. Study Design: The study made use of only primary data obtained from sampled Grasscutter farmers in the three agricultural zones of the State. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Osun State, Nigeria during 2017/2018 farming season. Methodology: Twenty four respondents, each, were randomly selected from the list of Grasscutter farmers obtained from Osun State Agricultural Development Project (ADP). Data collected was analyzed using the stochastic frontier model and Tobit regression model. The overall technical efficiency was estimated with no effort of decomposing it into pure and scale efficiencies. Results: The results showed that the range of efficiency indices varies greatly with minimum of 0.742, 0.263 and 0.168 and maximum of 1.0 for technical, allocative and eco...
Neglected and underutilized crops can play a vital role in achieving food security as humans conc... more Neglected and underutilized crops can play a vital role in achieving food security as humans concentrate on consuming a few food crops which have increased in price over time. Understanding the profitability of these crops can enhance farmers’ decisions to grow them. Therefore, this study investigated cocoyam production profitability, factors responsible for its profitability, and the constraints faced in cocoyam production in Cross River State, Nigeria. Data collected primarily with the use of questionnaires were analysed with descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis, multiple regression and the Likert rating scale. The results revealed that the majority of cocoyam farmers were male, married, in their economically active age and operated on a small scale. Cocoyam production was a profitable venture as the farmers had a gross margin of N175, 822.45 (USD 428.04) per hectare of cultivated land with an operating ratio of 0.24 and a return on capital invested of 3.17. The factor...
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist's households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist's households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastoralist groups on the many benefits of their symbiotic relationship, hiring of matured herders for proper keep of animals and empowerment of local institutions to handle land matters in local areas.
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist’s households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist’s households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastor...
Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in dev... more Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in developing countries. Marketing of agricultural products which provide income to most farmers and marketers in Nigeria has been characterised with a lot of deficiencies which have constrained sustainable development and economic growth. This study, therefore, analysed carrot and cucumber marketing including constraints to their effective marketing in Enugu State, Nigeria. Data collected, primarily, were analysed using descriptive statistics, marketing margin and Likert type rating technique. The result shows that vegetable marketing was dominated by females (65%) who were still in their economically active age and did not belong to a cooperative society. Half of them perform a retail marketing function, 30% perform both retail and wholesale functions while 20% perform wholesale function. Vegetable marketing contributed to marketers’ income by providing N25,667.7 (USD 66.93) per month on ave...
The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoral... more The study examined determinant of peaceful coexistence between crop farmer and sedentary pastoralist’s households in Oyo and Kwara States, Nigeria. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 180 crop farmer and 120 sedentary pastoralist’s households (300 respondents) and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multinomial regression model. Results showed that 93.3% and 87.5% of crop farmers and sedentary pastoralists were no longer involved in violent conflict with each other again in the use of resources. The significant factors influencing peaceful coexistence by the respondents were age of household head, farm experience, farm size, membership of association, distance to service centers, membership of cooperative society, farm income and herd size for the two categories of respondents. Based on its findings, the study recommends a national orientation campaign to both cropper and pastor...
Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology
Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in dev... more Agricultural marketing plays a vital role in economic development and livelihood of people in developing countries. Marketing of agricultural products which provide income to most farmers and marketers in Nigeria has been characterised with a lot of deficiencies which have constrained sustainable development and economic growth. This study, therefore, analysed carrot and cucumber marketing including constraints to their effective marketing in Enugu State, Nigeria. Data collected, primarily, were analysed using descriptive statistics, marketing margin and Likert type rating technique. The result shows that vegetable marketing was dominated by females (65%) who were still in their economically active age and did not belong to a cooperative society. Half of them perform a retail marketing function, 30% perform both retail and wholesale functions while 20% perform wholesale function. Vegetable marketing contributed to marketers’ income by providing N25,667.7 (USD 66.93) per month on ave...
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